Double Russian success in marathon

Double Russian success in marathon

Monday, 29 October 2007 13:29

Russia’s Aleksey Sokolov won this morning’s Adidas Dublin Marathon in a time of two hours nine minutes and seven seconds.

The Russian’s time was the fastest recorded in the 28 runnings of the race, and it is also the fastest time ever run on Irish soil.

Sokolov, who also won the race last year, finished 90 seconds clear of Briton Thomas Abyu, while the leading Irishman was Michael O’Connor. He came home in 14th place in 2:25:48secs.